Besides the human voice, percussion is one of the sound instruments to first and foremost appear in human history. Although it dates back to millennia ago, it is only in the last 100 years that percussion has really broken new ground and become widely played. As technology developed, different percussion instruments around the world have gone through continuous development and improvement, evolving from their original role as the main instrument used in dances or rituals in ancient society into a wide variety of forms and making a complete transformation into a distinctive family of musical instruments.
Hosted by local percussionist Anna Fan, the lecture series will focus on the evolution and development of contemporary percussion. Each lecture will be accompanied by live performance demonstrations to enhance the audiences' understanding of this music genre.
1 Feb (Wed)
Lecture 1: The Birth and Development of Drumset
From Flamenco, rumba to busking; from Guard of Honour to drumset in Bars
Can you imagine that the world’s first drum set was made up of marching drums and Chinese drums? The talk will begin with a demonstration and explanation of the history and music of marching drums, include how it has evolved from the drums in Guard of Honour to drumsets in Bars. It will be followed by an introduction to the drumset with demonstrations of various jazz styles. The cajón is an indispensable instrument in busking, but its true purpose is for performing flamenco and rumba dance. The speaker will introduce and demonstrate the techniques of playing flamenco, rumba, pop and jazz music on the cajón and explain how the instrument has evolved.
15 Feb (Wed)
Lecture 2: The Essence and Application of Latin Percussion in Popular Music
From Salsa to Concert Bands
The speaker will include demonstrations and explanations of various Cuban percussion instruments and claves in Cuban music, along with the profound impact that the free-spirited salsa dance culture has had on the development of Western jazz, pop and Motown music. There will also be demonstrations which explain how Cuban instruments can be used for jazz.
22 Feb (Wed)
Lecture 3: The Jazz Side of Samba Percussion
From Street Carnival to New York Jazz Label
One of the most important genres of jazz is bossa nova. The speaker will introduce and give demonstrations of various Brazilian instruments and the Brazilian carnival style of parade drumming, and explain how it made its way into the New York jazz scene. The speaker will also give demonstrations and explanations of bossa nova and samba-jazz.
1 Mar (Wed)
Lecture 4: The Birth and Development of Marimba
From a Tree in a Village to a Concert Hall in a City
One of the most important families of percussion instruments is the mallets. The speaker will give demonstrations of the Gyil, the ancestor of marimba, and explain the principle of sound production and key of the instrument, as well as its history and function in society. To conclude the jazz pop percussion series, the speaker will introduce and demonstrate ewe drumming and an important spirit that has influenced the rhythms of musical cultures around the world.
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Conducted in Cantonese.
Each lecture will run for about 1 hour 30 minutes.
The programme does not represent the views of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.
The presenter reserves the right to change the programmes and subsitute speakers / demonstrators.
Speaker and demonstrator: Anna Fan
Since Anna Fan's return from Boston in 2010, she has been widely accepted in the Hong Kong music scene. She has played in music festivals all over the world, and also very active in the local music scene, having performed with Laura Fygi, Eason Chan, Sammi Cheng and Hins Cheung, to name a few. Fan is the composer and percussion advisor for highly acclaimed Detention by Tang Shu-Wing Theatre Studio since 2012.
Apart from being the drummer of jazz quartet maRK, Fan is also a TV show host for RTHK Channel 31 'Indie Music', a 10-episode series on Hong Kong's indie music scene.
Fan founded PE LAB (Percussion Ensemble LAB), fusing pop music, jazz, Broadway musical style, exploring the possibilities, and passing down the percussion art form. Fan is also the creative director, composer, arranger, leader and lead singer of “dǎ jiān” and “FANtastic Line”, pushing the boundary of percussion music and jazz culture.
Guest Demonstrators:
1 Feb (Wed):
Bassist: Jackiz Tsang
Guitarist: Loka Lo
Keyboardist: Adriel Tique Bote
Percussionists: Tracy Lam
15 Feb (Wed):
Bassist: Jackiz Tsang
Keyboardist: Adriel Tique Bote
Trumpeter/Percussionist: Ferdinand Soriano Pantig Jr.
Percussionists: “dǎ jiān” (Joey Wong, Tracy Lam, Wu Tin-lap)
22 Feb (Wed):
Bassist: Jackiz Tsang
Guitarist: Loka Lo
Percussionists: “FANtastic Line” (Joey Wong, Tracy Lam, Jason Leung)
1 Mar (Wed):
Bassist: Jackiz Tsang
Keyboardist: Adriel Tique Bote
Percussionists: “dǎ jiān” (Joey Wong, Tracy Lam, Perkin Yu)
Jackiz Tsang (Bass)
Jackiz Tsang is an experienced bass guitar instructor with a versatile profile in performance. He has performed in various venues include AsiaWorld-Expo, Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Freespace of West Kowloon Cultural District, TV station, and occasions like annual dinners in sizable organisations and wedding banquets. He has shared stage with artists include Justin Lo, Albert Au, Phil Lam, Terence Lam, world champion harmonicist CY Leo and pianist Joyce Cheung etc., and also involves in recording.
Loka Lo (Guitar)
Graduated from Department of Mathematics of City University of Hong Kong, Loka Lo is keen to promote an integration of music and mathematics, and to organise different music theory and composition classes.
Lo has started to play guitar since 2009, and influenced by Japanese guitar master Kotaro Oshio and Finnish cajonist Petteri Sariola. He was also under the tutelage of jazz guitarist Kenny Yeung, and learnt guitar and composition from Finnish guitarist Salomon Jacobsson, as well as Taiwanese guitarists Chris Liu and Chang Chung-Lin. Lo has also worked with many different artists, include JW, Sherman Chung, Lilian Chan, Skye Chan and many more.
Adriel Tique Bote (Keyboard)
Adriel Tique Bote is a Filipino pianist/keyboardist with more than a decade of experience in performances and music production. He received his musical training at the University of Philippines (Composition), and furthered it online at the Berklee College of Music (Arranging) of Boston, USA.
Currently based in Hong Kong, Tique Bote has been playing with various artists and bands at different venues, festivals, musical theatres, and events. Artists he worked with include Teresa Carpio, Janice Vidal, Jill Vidal and Crisel Consunji, to name a few. Some of his notable projects include a music production for the TV series The Expats starring Nicole Kidman, and orchestrations for a concert that featured classical Indian singers Ronkini Gupta and Rahul Vellal.
Ferdinand Soriano Pantig Jr. (Trumpet/Percussion)
Ferdinand Soriano Pantig Jr. has developed an interest in music since very young. He was admitted into a local youth marching band in the Philippines where he began to play trumpet. Later on, he moved onto studying at College of Music at the University of the Philippines in Quezon City, and became a member of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra.
He fulfilled one of his dreams when he began working for Hong Kong Disneyland in 2008, first performing in the parade until 2013, then moving onto performing in the Disneyland's musical theatre and hotel till now.
Tracy Lam (Percussion)
Tracy Lam is a percussionist, drummer and cajonist experienced in live performance. She is now the percussionist for the local band Hedgehog and involved in arrangement and production. Since the formation of the band, Hedgehog has released songs include Party@0417 and 《藍色時期》. Meanwhile, she is also the drummer for the percussion groups ''FANtastic Line" and "dǎ jiān".
Lam has also been invited to various local music events, including "1563 at the East " (2017), "Youth Music and Dance Marathon" (2018), "Cathay Pacific International Lunar New Year Festival Night Parade" (2019), "Wu Yekun Short-period Concert" (2019), Chill Club Promotion List Annual Promotion 21/22 (2022).
Joey Wong (Percussion)
Joey Wong graduated from Hong Kong Baptist University with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Music. Currently she works as a percussion performer and tutor, also composing and arranging ensemble music for the school percussion band. She has performed with various music genres, include classical, contemporary, pop, musical, jazz, and samba. She had been appointed as the percussionist of Musicphilic Winds, Hong Kong Baptist University Percussion ensemble and Hong Kong Symphonic Winds. Apart from the classical performances, she also attended Becky Lee and Sammi Cheng's concerts as a percussion player, and as one of the members of "dǎ jiān" and ''FANtastic Line".
From 2008 to 2017, Wong has been touring to Netherlands, Taiwan and Macau to take part in different festivals and collaborations with local musicians. In 2015, she established the percussion group Bombak Percussion with friends. The group has performed from classical to environmental percussion and body percussion. They have also cooperated with several organizations and companies to hold some innovative performances and percussion workshops.
Wu Tin-lap (Percussion)
Wu Tin-lap was graduated from Bachelor of Arts in Music at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU). He has started learning western percussion since young under the tutelage of Lung Heung-wing and Choi Suk-fan, drumset under Marco Leung and Chinese percussion under Ho Yi-on. He was also a member of HKBU String Orchestra and Percussion Group, and toured to New York and the Mainland.
He is currently a member of MIHK@Four Gig Heads Percussion Ensemble, a drummer of Hong Kong indie band DE TESLA, a founding member of Bombak the recycling percussion ensemble, and a member of "dǎ jiān".
Jason Leung (Percussion)
Jason Leung was graduated with honours from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA). He was trained in Chinese and Western percussion under Chow Chin-tung in secondary school before he enrolled in the HKAPA where he majored in Chinese percussion under Yim Hok-man, percussion principal of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, and minored in Western percussion under Dr. Lung Heung-wing, a former member of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as other instructors.
During his studies, Leung was awarded several scholarships and represented the HKAPA in many solo performances in Europe and Southeast Asia. Locally, he has frequently shared the concert stage with various groups and has been invited to perform as a percussion soloist on many occasions.
Leung is currently a freelance musician with the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, principal percussion of the Hong Kong Music Lover Chinese Orchestra and a member of ''FANtastic Line". He is also a drumline instructor in several primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong.
Perkin Yu (Percussion)
Born and raised in Hong Kong, Perkin Yu has been the core drummer for “FANtastic Line” and “dǎ jiān” since 2013.
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Tickets available from 6 January at URBTIX outlets, on internet, mobile ticketing app and credit card telephone booking.
Half-price tickets available for senior citizens aged 60 or above, people with disabilities and the minder, full-time students and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) recipients (limited tickets for CSSA recipients available on a first come, first served basis).
"Percussion in Time" Lecture Demonstration Series Package Discount
10% off for each purchase of standard tickets of 2 different lectures,15% off for 3 lectures, and 20% off for all 4 lectures.
Group Booking Discount
10% off for each purchase of 4 - 9 standard tickets, 15% off for 10 - 19 standard tickets, 20% off for 20 or more standard tickets.
Patrons can enjoy only one of the above discount offers.
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